As a film studies major, I am inclined to appreciate the works of Steven Spielberg.
Recently, while looking up books on my Kindle Reader (which is now worth more, since it is no longer sold or serviced by Amazon, btw), I came across something that said it would soon be a major motion picture by Steven Spielberg.
I raised an eyebrow. The night after that, I saw the new Star Wars with my dad. It's a good movie. You should watch it.
Back to my point: I saw the trailer for Ready Player One, and it was STUNNING.

I have started this discussion, hoping some will participate in commenting their remarks on what they know about it.
Brief trailer spoilers: It has the DeLorean from Back to the Future, characters from OverWatch, stuff from TRON... the Iron Giant at the end was like a cherry-on-top.
I want to know what the... previous generation of gamers, if you will... thinks about how Spielberg has handled the massive load of games in this The Maze-esque feature. What did he do right? How did he go wrong? Qualifiers, etc..

Ahhhhh I have a weird relationship with Ready Player One. I read it, it wasn’t terrible but there’s definitely some shit about it that rubs me the wrong way. Especially the way Parzival talks to and about girls, but other things too, like the way it holds up a very specific type of geek stuff on a pedestal, but ignores others. Notably, uh, the girl stuff, I guess. It just kind of reminds me of all the gatekeeping techbros I’ve dealt with my entire life.

I really hope Spielberg manages to make it less like that, and a bit more inclusive. It has the potential to be quite a fun movie if it’s less marred by some of that.

Originally posted by TaraleAhhhhh I have a weird relationship with Ready Player One. I read it, it wasn’t terrible but there’s definitely some shit about it that rubs me the wrong way. Especially the way Parzival talks to and about girls, but other things too, like the way it holds up a very specific type of geek stuff on a pedestal, but ignores others. Notably, uh, the girl stuff, I guess. It just kind of reminds me of all the gatekeeping techbros I’ve dealt with my entire life.

I really hope Spielberg manages to make it less like that, and a bit more inclusive. It has the potential to be quite a fun movie if it’s less marred by some of that.

Originally posted by TaraleAhhhhh I have a weird relationship with Ready Player One. I read it, it wasn’t terrible but there’s definitely some shit about it that rubs me the wrong way. Especially the way Parzival talks to and about girls, but other things too, like the way it holds up a very specific type of geek stuff on a pedestal, but ignores others. Notably, uh, the girl stuff, I guess. It just kind of reminds me of all the gatekeeping techbros I’ve dealt with my entire life.

I really hope Spielberg manages to make it less like that, and a bit more inclusive. It has the potential to be quite a fun movie if it’s less marred by some of that.

Don’t even bother reading Armada.

Okay, I wouldn't get my hopes up too high, considering how Spielberg girls are often portrayed.
Think of the Back To The Future trilogy, the many Indiana Jones movies, Jaws, the Jurassic Park movies he worked on, the Gremlins movies, Catch Me If You Can, Super 8, The Goonies, etc.. Hopefully, though, the portrayal of... their style of geekiness... is more on-par with your expectations. Given, some of these names are things he produced, but some he also directed. I just find that the young women characters are almost stereotyped and objectified, but not in an demeaning way per se, just not a truthful depiction, either.
Can't say much about his more recent works... Jurassic World didn't use the stereotypical Spielberg girl as much... for part of it...

Yeah, I don’t have my hopes up especially high, just hoping that in 2017/2018 the studio don’t think that one-dimensionality is still something they can get away with. But honestly, the book has an established audience, made up of the kind of people who think their fandoms are NO GIRLS ALLOWED, so it won’t surprise me either if the studio “play it safe”.

I rolled my eyes at the trailer when I saw it. After seeing the one passage where the MC just spouts names of famous 80s/90s movies and TV shows etc and the whole "Spielberg wants people to go 'I KNOW THAT' in the theater" thing I'm officially uninterested

Easily going to be the worst thing he's made since 1941, which is painfully unfunny in every way